So, a few of you have asked about what the Medrol & Tetracycline after ET (which should have been after ER, I think) are for. Our IVF nurse said the Tetracycline was to make sure there wasn't any kind of infection due to the ER, and the Medrol was to help with implantation and to be sure the embryos aren't rejected (I think...it might also have to do with the fact we are doing ICSI, I don't remember for sure).
And I was able to get a prescription for a topical numbing cream, so thank you for that suggestion!
I got a + OPK yesterday, which means Lupron begins on Friday....the count down has begun.
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Our journey through infertility, to pregnancy, with a few bumps along the way.
About Me
- Andrea
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
- After years of struggling with infertility we are finally parents to twins thanks to IVF#2! Learning through the difficult time of infertility, a multiples pregnancy, hospital bedrest, and a NICU stay that life is life, there is nothing you can do to control it. All you can do is try to make the best of it:)
Our Journey
- 10/05-Got married!
- 12/06-Began TTC
- 8/07-Diagnosed with Varicocele
- 10/07-Varicocelectomy
- 7/08-First RE appointment
- 9/, 10/, 12/08-IUI #1-3=BFNs
- 1/09 -IUI#4 =BFN
- 4/09 -IVF#1=BFN w/RE #2
- 6/22/09-IVF#2 =BFP!
- 1/15/10-Hazel and Elijah were born
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- 2008-
- 7/23/08 -$323 RE office visit
- 7/23/08 -$727 cervical cultures
- 8/11/08 -$948 day 3 bloodwork
- 8/11/08 -$536 day 3 ultrasound
- 8/20/08 -$285 for IUI #1
- 9/5/08 -$194 Semen analysis and cryopreservation
- 9/08-9/09 -$150 semen storage fee
- 9/11/08 -$194 semen analysis
- 10/6/08 -pending $3,500 for HSG
- 10/11/08 -$285 for IUI #2
- 12/1/08 -$285 for IUI #3
- 12/27/08 -$285 for IUI #4
- 2009-
- 1/24/09-$248 RE office visit
- 1/28/09 -$412 semen analysis and bloodwork
- 1/30/09 -$542 mock-ET and bloodwork
- 2/6/09 -$3,966 for IVF & ER anesthesia
- 2/10/09 -$1,819.05 for IVF Meds
- 3/25/09 -$1,290 freezing embryos
- 4/2/09 -$293 beta testing
- 6/1/09 -$3,996 for IVF #2
Acronyms
- AF = Aunt Flow (menstruation)
- Beta =Beta blood test, tests for pregnancy hormone
- BFN = Big Fat Negative (on HPT)
- BFP = Big Fat Positive (i.e. PREGNANT!)
- DH = Dear Husband. Even when he's not being particularly dear
- ER = Egg retrieval
- ET = Embryo transfer
- FET=Frozen Embryo Cycle
- HPT = Home Pregnancy Test
- ICSI = Intro Cytoplasmic Sperm Injection
- IF = Infertility
- IL = In-laws
- IUI = Intrauterine Insemination
- IVF = In Vitro Fertilization
- LO = Little Ones (babies)
- MFI = Male Factor Infertility
- MoM = Mother of Multiples
- O = Ovulate
- OPK = Ovulation Predictor Kit (tells when you O)
- Pg = pregnant, pregnancy
- PIO = Progesterone in Oil shots
- POAS = Pee on a Stick (take HPT)
- RE = Reproductive Endocrinologist
- SA = Semen Analysis
- SIL = Sister-in-Law
- Stims = Stimulation hormone shots
- TI = Timed Intercourse
- TTC = Trying to Conceive
- TTTC = Trouble Trying to Conceive
- WTF=What the fuck? -why didn't this work
9 comments:
Yay! You're SO close! Fingers crossed for you!
Do you know when you might be transferring ,approximately? Mine is set for february 28th, approximately.I think using those two meds is pretty much protocol as I have to take tetracycline and medrol too except that I am doing a frozen donor embryo transfer.I know the wait after is gonna go by so slow and drive me crazy.Are you getting excited yet?
woo hoo! I start lupron tomorrow. Here we go!
This is all going so fast!
So....how hard was it to get the loan at the bank? IVF might be coming a knockin' soon......
omg! i'm so excited that you are starting :)
i did doxycycline and medrol from the time of the ER until the ET. apparently some clinics don't do it. it might just be voodoo. who cares. :) if it helps you get any steps closer...
OOhhhh...thinking about you!
Good luck!!!!
Ahh... the exciting phase of the cycle! Love it!
I just did doxycyclene instead of the tetracyclene. Didn't take Medrol. Wow... if its supposed to help with implantation, I have to ask my RE abt it. Thanks for the tip.
I did medrol so I did some reading on it and my understanding is that ICSI and/or assisted hatching alters the embryo sometimes causing the body to reject it. The medrol helps to prevent that rejection, thus helping with implantation
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